Patents by Inventor Dwight L. Howard

Dwight L. Howard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5903247
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the opacity of a liquid-crystal window, having a light emitter positioned adjacent to one side of the liquid-crystal window, a light detector positioned adjacent to the opposite side of the liquid-crystal window, and a differential amplifier/driver that compares the output of the light detector with an input control signal and generates a differential drive signal to vary the opacity of said liquid-crystal window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Dwight L. Howard, Chris A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5024519
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for visual-field testing. The apparatus includes an ocular device which fits over a subject's eye and which has a cavity-like inner surface dimensioned to encompass the subject's visual field. The ocular device is constructed to provide a background glow against which a fixed light image and a series of transient, different-position light image in the subject's visual field can be perceived. The images are preferably formed by a Badal-optical system which allows the images to be perceived without the need for corrective lenses. Also disclosed is a tandem-optics system for coordinately focusing fixed- and movable-position light image assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Dwight L. Howard, Chris A. Johnson